Good morning all!

Father, You spoke and heaven and earth were formed and all that is therein. Your vision reaches beyond our imagination, it is greater than we can possibly comprehend. Reveal to us Your destiny for our lives, give us a sign of hope that the best is yet to come, Amen.

Esther 4

11 All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, [there is] one law of his to put [him] to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
All the king’s officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited will surely be put to death unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.

12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
And they sent these words back to Esther’s uncle Mordecai.

13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
Uncle Mordy sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for one second that because you’re in the palace you will escape when they have killed all the Jews.

14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?
If you don’t say anything, deliverance and freedom for the Jews will arise from some other place and you and your relatives will die. Who knows maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this?

Bottom line

Faith needs two things for it to take effect in our life, a VOICE and a STAND. This is a very popular piece of scripture, why would a Persian King…enemy to Israel…listen to a Jewish woman? It was completely unheard of during this time, in fact, their leaders were looking to see how they could eliminate them completely.

[Est 3:6 NLT]

He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes. Hate only has one objective, it’s called REMOVAL. However, it faces one problem…God ain’t cool with it, when God said touch NOT my chosen…He meant it. You might think you’re in control of your world, which at this times Xerxes and his generals believed they were because they had won many battles, but God was waiting for the right time to turn the tables. He needed an orphan girl to rise up out of obscurity and march boldly into the King’s court
and take a stand, even if it meant death…it’s called COURAGE.

[Jos 1:9 NLT] This is my command – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. You know what they call faith without action? A WISH!!! You and I can throw all the pennies in that fountain and wish until the cows come home but Esther put her faith into action, she marched into the King’s court and made her voice heard and took a STAND…for such a time as this. Until you and I make a bold move how will we know if we’ve given God the time to act? You know you do have to trust God with more than what you’re gonna eat for dinner? Ha! I don’t know about you, but our God wants to be known for GREATNESS not being average. Who wants an average God? Average is awful, average is boring, average is lukewarm, our God is NOT known for average, He’s known for greatness. You want to be great? You can’t get there without courage. Read Hebrews 11, all the names that are listed are remembered as heroes. Why? FAITH!!! You can’t be great without faith; you can’t be great without courage. I really don’t care how the world defines courage, more than likely it’s wrong anyway. God says you and I have courage when we live by FAITH, by trusting our lives to everything that is UNSEEN. Now that’s courage! So, what did Esther’s faith get her?

[Est 8:7 NLT] Then King Xerxes said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “I have given Esther the property of Haman, and he has been impaled on a pole because he tried to destroy the Jews. Not only did she become Queen of the Persian empire but the general that was conspiring to eliminate her and her family was hanged on the very gallows he prepared for them, and his position was given to Uncle Mordy…tables turned. The bible says we are to be citizens of heaven, that means God has called us to live our lives by faith NOT our feelings. Now that does require courage, it says we hold onto faith despite how we feel. If we’re only moved by our feelings, we’ll get at least 50% of life wrong because when we don’t like how we feel, it’s usually fear and doubt that motivates our actions, not courage. Courage says I will trust God even when I don’t feel the path forward, see the path forward, you might even feel like Esther…they’re going to kill me. Such a time as this…God’s NOT concerned when we choose to move forward in faith, He just wants us to say now is the time. What is your destiny? Heaven or the world?

[Phl 3:19 NIV] Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. For such a time as this, get your head right and focus on your true DESTINY…heaven…why choose anything else less?

Point to ponder

Is the best to come? [Job 42:10 NLT]  When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before! Keep praying…God’s best is on the way!

Let’s all walk in our destiny, In Him Phil

Faith – Family – Friends